Bush Administration's grip over GOP caucus in Congress will actually be tighter than before

[ck4829]

Mitch McConnell is the incoming Senate Minority Leader, did you know that his wife is Elaine Chao? She's Bush's Secretary of Labor. You'd think a rejection at the polls would tell Bush to stay away from the party, but he just can't avoid it can he?

[warrens]

1. Unlikely

They have to run for reelection. The decent ones will be talking to the Dems.

[whistle]

2. Correct, it is like the blood sucking Nosferateu

[William769]

3. Bush is in free fall right now and probably till the end of his term.

Republicans will be staying out of ground zero anticipating his hit to the ground.

[WI_DEM]

5. but the media (according to an article in the Capital Times of Madison

Wisconsin today) will try to compare him to Reagan and Clinton who recovered from their parties loss of seats in '86 and '94 and became more popular in the next two years.

[William769]

6. One big difference

Reagan's stink wasn't as bad as Bush's is and Clinton wasn't a criminal.

[WI_DEM]

4. On the other hand the new minority whip is Trent Lott who has made

no secret his anger at being abandoned by Bush three years ago.